Kare Anderson: Be an opportunity maker

Translator: Nana Ginnerup Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

I grew up

Jeg voksede op

diagnosed as phobically shy,

diagnostiseret som fobisk genert,

and, like at least 20 other people

og, ligesom mindst 20 andre folk

in a room of this size,

i et rum af denne størrelse,

I was a stutterer.

stammede jeg.

Do you dare raise your hand?

Tør I at løfte jeres hånd?

And it sticks with us. It really does stick with us,

Og det bliver siddende i os. Det bliver virkelig siddende i os,

because when we are treated that way,

fordi, når vi bliver behandlet på den måde,

we feel invisible sometimes,

føler vi os nogle gange usynlige,

or talked around and at.

eller talt udenom og om.

And as I started to look at people,

Og som jeg startede med at kigge på folk,

which is mostly all I did,

hvilket var mest af alt, alt jeg gjorde,

I noticed that some people

lagde jeg mærke til, at nogle folk

really wanted attention and recognition.

virkeligt higede efter opmærksomhed og anerkendelse.

Remember, I was young then.

Husk på, at jeg var ung på det tidspunkt.

So what did they do?

Så hvad gjorde de?

What we still do perhaps too often.

Hvad vi måske stadig gør for ofte.

We talk about ourselves.

Vi snakker om os selv.

And yet there are other people I observed

Og alligevel, lagde jeg mærke til, at der er andre folk,

who had what I called a mutuality mindset.

der havde hvad jeg kaldte en gensidigheds-tankegang.

In each situation, they found a way to talk about us

I hver situation fandt de på en måde at snakke om os

and create that "us" idea.

og skabe den her "os"-idé.

So my idea to reimagine the world

Så min ide om at forestille sig verden på ny

is to see it one where we all become

er at se det som én, hvor vi alle bliver

greater opportunity-makers with and for others.

bedre mulighedsskabere med og for andre.

There's no greater opportunity

Der er ingen større mulighed

or call for action for us now

eller opfordring til handling for os nu

than to become opportunity-makers

end at blive mulighedsskabere,

who use best talents together more often

der bruger vores største talenter sammen, oftere

for the greater good

til større gavn

and accomplish things we couldn't have done on our own.

og opnår ting, vi ikke kunne have opnået alene.

And I want to talk to you about that,

Og jeg vil snakke med jer om det,

because even more than giving,

fordi endnu mere end at give,

even more than giving,

endnu mere end at give,

is the capacity for us to do something smarter

er kapaciteten for at vi gør noget klogere

together for the greater good

sammen til større gavn,

that lifts us both up

der løfter os begge,

and that can scale.

og det kan måles.

That's why I'm sitting here.

Det er derfor, jeg sidder her.

But I also want to point something else out:

Men jeg vil også pointere noget andet:

Each one of you

Hver af jer

is better than anybody else at something.

er bedre end alle andre til et eller andet.

That disproves that popular notion

Det modbeviser den populære forestilling,

that if you're the smartest person in the room,

at hvis du er den klogeste person i rummet,

you're in the wrong room.

så er du i det forkerte rum.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So let me tell you about

Så lad mig fortælle jer om

a Hollywood party I went to a couple years back,

en Hollywood-fest, jeg var til et par år tilbage,

and I met this up-and-coming actress,

hvor jeg mødte denne spirende skuespillerinde,

and we were soon talking about something

og vi faldt hurtigt i snak,

that we both felt passionately about: public art.

om at vi begge var passionerede omkring kunst i det offentlige rum.

And she had the fervent belief

Hun havde en glødende mening,

that every new building in Los Angeles

at alle bygninger i Los Angeles

should have public art in it.

skulle have kunst i sig.

She wanted a regulation for it,

Hun ville have en regulering af det,

and she fervently started —

og hun begyndte intenst at —

who is here from Chicago? —

hvem er her fra Chicago? —

she fervently started talking about

hun begyndte intenst at snakke om

these bean-shaped reflective sculptures

de her bønne-formede refleksive skulpturer

in Millennium Park,

i Millenium Park,

and people would walk up to it

og hvordan folk ville gå op til dem

and they'd smile in the reflection of it,

og smile af refleksionen,

and they'd pose and they'd vamp

og de ville posere,

and they'd take selfies together,

og de ville tage selfier sammen,

and they'd laugh.

og de ville grine.

And as she was talking, a thought came to my mind.

Og som hun snakkede, kom jeg til at tænke.

I said, "I know someone you ought to meet.

Jeg sagde: "Jeg kender én, du bør møde.

He's getting out of San Quentin in a couple of weeks" —

Han bliver lukket ud af San Quentin om et par uger" —

(Laughter) —

(Latter) —

"and he shares your fervent desire

"og han deler dit brændende ønske,

that art should engage and enable people to connect."

om at kunst skulle engagere og samle folk."

He spent five years in solitary,

Han tilbragte fem år i isolation,

and I met him because I gave a speech at San Quentin,

og jeg mødte ham, fordi jeg holdt en tale ved San Quentin,

and he's articulate

og han er velformuleret,

and he's rather easy on the eyes because he's buff.

og han er noget flot at se på, da han er buff.

He had workout regime he did every day.

Han havde en workout-rutine, han gennemgik hver dag.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I think she was following me at that point.

Jeg tror, at hun fulgte mig der.

I said, "He'd be an unexpected ally."

Jeg sagde: "Han er en uventet allieret."

And not just that. There's James. He's an architect

Og ikke bare det. Der er James. Han er en arkitekt,

and he's a professor, and he loves place-making,

og han er en professor, og han elsker at designe steder,

and place-making is when you have

og det er, når du har

those mini-plazas and those urban walkways

de her mini-pladser og urbane gangbroer

and where they're dotted with art,

og de er plastrede til med kunst,

where people draw and come up and talk sometimes.

hvor folk tegner og kommer op og taler nogle gange.

I think they'd make good allies.

Jeg tror, de ville være gode allierede.

And indeed they were.

Og det var de.

They met together. They prepared.

De mødtes. De forberedte.

They spoke in front of the Los Angeles City Council.

De talte foran Los Angeles byråd.

And the council members not only passed the regulation,

Og rådsmedlemmerne vedtog ikke kun reguleringen,

half of them came down and asked to pose with them afterwards.

halvdelen af dem kom ned og spurgte, om de ville posere med dem bagefter.

They were startling, compelling and credible.

De var forbløffende, overbevisende og troværdige.

You can't buy that.

Det kan man ikke købe.

What I'm asking you to consider

Hvad jeg foreslår, at I overvejer,

is what kind of opportunity- makers we might become,

er hvilken slags muligheds- skabere, vi kan blive,

because more than wealth

for mere end rigdom

or fancy titles

eller flotte titler

or a lot of contacts, it's our capacity to connect

eller mange kontakter, er vores evner til at forbinde

around each other's better side and bring it out.

hinandens bedre sider og bringe dem frem.

And I'm not saying this is easy,

Og jeg siger ikke, at det er nemt,

and I'm sure many of you have made the wrong moves too

og jeg er sikker på, at mange af jer har taget forkerte valg

about who you wanted to connect with,

omkring hvem, I ville komme i forbindelse med,

but what I want to suggest is,

men hvad, jeg vil foreslå, er

this is an opportunity.

det her er en mulighed.

I started thinking about it

Jeg begyndte at overveje det

way back when I was a Wall Street Journal reporter

da jeg var en Wall Street Journal-journalist,

and I was in Europe and I was supposed to cover trends

og jeg var i Europa, hvor jeg skulle dække trends

and trends that transcended business

og trends der overskred forretning

or politics or lifestyle.

eller politiker eller livsstil.

So I had to have contacts

Så jeg blev nødt til at have kontakter

in different worlds very different than mine,

i andre verdener, der var meget forskellige fra min,

because otherwise you couldn't spot the trends.

for ellers kan man ikke spotte trends.

And third, I had to write the story

Derudover skulle jeg skrive historien

in a way stepping into the reader's shoes,

på en måde, hvor jeg var i læserens sko,

so they could see how these trends could affect their lives.

så de kunne se, hvordan de her trends kunne påvirke deres liv.

That's what opportunity-makers do.

Det er det, mulighedsskabere gør.

And here's a strange thing:

Og her er den underlige ting:

Unlike an increasing number of Americans

I modsætning til et stigende antal amerikanere,

who are working and living and playing with people

der arbejder, bor og spiller med folk,

who think exactly like them

der tænker fuldstændigt ligesom dem,

because we then become more rigid and extreme,

for når vi bliver mere stive og ekstreme,

opportunity-makers are actively seeking situations

søger mulighedsskabere aktivt situationer

with people unlike them,

med folk, der ikke er som dem,

and they're building relationships,

og de opbygger forhold,

and because they do that,

og på grund af dette,

they have trusted relationships

har de tillidsfulde forhold,

where they can bring the right team in

hvor de kan bringe teamet direkte ind

and recruit them to solve a problem better and faster

and sætte dem til at løse et problem bedre og hurtigere

and seize more opportunities.

og søge flere muligheder.

They're not affronted by differences,

De er ikke stødt af forskelligheder,

they're fascinated by them,

de er fascinerede af dem,

and that is a huge shift in mindset,

og det er en stor ændring i tankegang,

and once you feel it, you want it to happen a lot more.

og når du først har følt det, vil du have det til at ske langt oftere.

This world is calling out for us to have a collective mindset,

Verden råber på en mere kollektiv tankegang,

and I believe in doing that.

og jeg tror på det.

It's especially important now.

Det er især vigtigt nu.

Why is it important now?

Hvorfor er det vigtigt nu?

Because things can be devised like drones

Fordi ting kan udtænkes som droner

and drugs and data collection,

og stoffer og dataindsamling,

and they can be devised by more people

og de kan udtænkes af flere folk

and cheaper ways for beneficial purposes

og billigere måder til nyttige formål

and then, as we know from the news every day,

og så, som vi kender det fra nyhederne,

they can be used for dangerous ones.

kan de blive brugt til farlige formål.

It calls on us, each of us,

Det råber på os alle

to a higher calling.

for et højere kald.

But here's the icing on the cake:

Men her er kirsebærret på toppen.

It's not just the first opportunity

Det er ikke bare den første mulighed,

that you do with somebody else

du tager med en anden,

that's probably your greatest,

der er højst sandsynligt din bedste,

as an institution or an individual.

som en institution eller et individ.

It's after you've had that experience

Det er efter, I har haft den oplevelse,

and you trust each other.

og I stoler på hinanden.

It's the unexpected things

Det er de uventede ting,

that you devise later on

man udtænker senere hen,

you never could have predicted.

man aldrig kunne have forudset.

For example, Marty is the husband of that actress I mentioned,

For eksempel er Marty gift med den skuespillerinde, jeg nævnte,

and he watched them when they were practicing,

og han så på dem, når de øvede,

and he was soon talking to Wally,

og begyndte at tale med Wally,

my friend the ex-con,

den tidligere indsatte,

about that exercise regime.

omkring det motionsregime.

And he thought,

Og han tænkte,

I have a set of racquetball courts.

jeg har nogle raquetballbaner.

That guy could teach it.

Ham her kunne undervise.

A lot of people who work there are members at my courts.

Mange folk, der arbejder der, er medlemmer ved mine baner.

They're frequent travelers.

De rejser meget.

They could practice in their hotel room,

De kunne træne på deres hotelværelser.

no equipment provided.

Intet udstyr nødvendigt.

That's how Wally got hired.

Det var sådan, Wally blev hyret.

Not only that, years later

Og ikke bare det. År efter

he was also teaching racquetball.

underviste han også i raquetball.

Years after that,

År efter det

he was teaching the racquetball teachers.

underviste han også raquetballtrænerne.

What I'm suggesting is, when you connect with people

Hvad jeg foreslår er, når man forbinder sig med folk

around a shared interest and action,

omkring en delt interesse eller handling,

you're accustomed to serendipitous

bliver man vant til gode overraskelser -

things happening into the future,

ting, der sker i fremtiden

and I think that's what we're looking at.

og jeg tror, de er det, vi kigger på.

We open ourselves up to those opportunities,

Vi åbner os selv op for disse muligheder,

and in this room are key players in technology,

og i dette rum er nøglepersoner og teknologi,

key players who are uniquely positioned to do this,

nøglepersoner der unikt stillet til at gøre det her,

to scale systems and projects together.

til at sammensætte systemer og projekter.

So here's what I'm calling for you to do.

Se her er hvad, jeg råber på, at I gør.

Remember the three traits of opportunity-makers.

Husk mulighedsskabernes tre træk.

Opportunity-makers keep honing their top strength

Mulighedsskabere bliver ved med at finpudse deres stærkeste sider

and they become pattern seekers.

og de bliver mønstersøgere.

They get involved in different worlds than their worlds

De involverer sig i andre verdener end deres egen,

so they're trusted and they can see those patterns,

så de er betroede og kan se disse mønstre,

and they communicate to connect

og de kommunikerer for at forbindes

around sweet spots of shared interest.

omkring de søder steder af fælles interesse.

So what I'm asking you is,

Så hvad jeg beder jer om er,

the world is hungry.

verden er sulten.

I truly believe, in my firsthand experience,

Jeg tror virkeligt efter førstehåndsoplevelse,

the world is hungry for us

at verden er sulten efter at vi

to unite together as opportunity-makers

forener os som mulighedsskabere,

and to emulate those behaviors

og for at efterligne den adfærd,

as so many of you already do —

som så mange af jer allerede gør —

I know that firsthand —

jeg ved det førstehånd —

and to reimagine a world

og at forestille os en verden på ny,

where we use our best talents together

hvor vi bruger vores bedste talenter sammen

more often to accomplish greater things together

oftere for at opnå større ting sammen,

than we could on our own.

end vi kunne for os selv.

Just remember,

Husk på,

as Dave Liniger once said,

som Dave Liniger engang sagde:

"You can't succeed

"Du kan ikke lykkedes ved kun

coming to the potluck with only a fork."

at tage en gaffel med til sammenskudsgildet."

(Laughter)

Thank you very much.

Mange tak.

Thank you. (Applause)

Tak.